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I have questions...

I have questions... Two totally different ones. I just want to make one post. 1st... Many folks have posted about how long to leave listing active before they get stale. Some leave them for years and some just a few weeks. I have been grappling with ...

How would you rank this sales process guide? Is there any way it can be improved?

eBay Seller Process1. Take pictures of the itemAt all sidesAny blemishes or flawsAny identifiers (e.g., serial codes)2. Get the appropriate box and cushioning (e.g., bubblewrap) for the item and note down the following:Total weight of the box with th...

Resolved! Buyers not paying

Hi Everyone! I have been trying to sell an espresso maker since Black Friday which has actually sold twice. The first buyer never ansered my messages and I cancelled the sale, blocked and reported the buyer and relisted. Now my item has sold again tw...

Resolved! I'm a new seller - Buyer had issue with 'Buy It Now.' Wants me to Relist

Hello! Sorry if I'm repeating or something. New here. I am selling a MacBook and a buyer contacted me saying they had troubles doing the 'Buy It Now' option. I responded with, after a quick Google search, some issues including PayPal issues, the 'nee...

How long does buyer have to lay before I can cancel and relist?

Hi,No response or payment from a buyer who won a bid on a item I sold. I am in need of the funds. Can I just cancel the order and relist?

banner in item description

Will a banner in item description affect my listings placement

Send an offer with "immediate payment required"

I strongly suggest eBay to add the "immediate payment required" option when allowing sellers to send offer to potential clients. There are too many buyers don't make the payment after purchase. They do so because they have no penalty at all. eBay onl...

It costs more now to sell small items if you can sell fixed price now you have to go "buy it Now"

They keep asking for staring bid, I don't want auction with Reserve.

Lisitin

HelloI am a novice seller and I have posted a few items, can you let me know if there are any defects?

Ebay authenticator centre returned my item to the wrong address

This morning I received an email saying my Nike Dunk didn’t pass the Authentication check as it has factory flaws. So they returned it back to me, but to my old address in Western Australia, i am living in Queensland now. I contacted them about it, j...

ebay Is A Terrible Place To Sell Now

With the recent system changes ebay seems to be a terrible place to sell anything now. Since the view count change I have next to nothing in views. It seems like I am wasting my time to list anything anymore. I have been a seller for 19 years as of n...

Requiring 4 days for a buyer to pay is way too long

Ebay's rule of waiting for 4 days for a buyer to pay before cancelling is ridiculously long. Should be 48 hours.

New listing tool is removing all the formatting from my custom template in the description box!

Instead of ranting as I would like, I am just going to state the facts. Since I was forced into adopting the new listing tool I have not been able to complete a listing without an issue. Don't even get me started on all of the sub-menus that take lik...

Kentuckyblu - Joe Savage passed away last month. Long time seller here.

For those that knew him, Joe passed away 3 weeks ago at the age of 74.He helped sooooooo many on the Powerseller Board here in eBay and founded the first major Facebook group that folks enjoyed for business. He was my friend and mentor and will be so...

Listings ended due to unavailability

I looked at my unsold items this morning to relist an auction listing that got no bids and found 25 items there with this message:You ended this listing by indicating this item is no longer available.Well, I didn't do that and I an confused as to why...